Combo of tools IDs alcohol use in transplant patients

May 23, 2014

(HealthDay)—The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test for alcohol consumption (AUDIT-c) combined with urinary ethyl glucuronide (uEtG) testing improves the detection of alcohol consumption in liver transplant candidates and recipients, according to a study published online April 2 in Liver Transplantation.

The researchers found alcohol consumption in 30.6 percent of patients. The strongest marker of alcohol consumption was uEtG (odds ratio, 414.5; P < 0.0001), which showed a more accurate prediction rate of alcohol consumption compared to CDT (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve [AUROC], 0.94 versus 0.63; P < 0.0001) and AUDIT-c (AUROC, 0.94 versus 0.73; P < 0.0001). An even higher accuracy in detecting alcohol consumption was seen with the combination of uEtG with AUDIT-c, compared to the combination of CDT and AUDIT-c (AUROC, 0.98 versus 0.80; P < 0.001). In patients with a negative AUDIT-c, uEtG was the most useful marker for detecting alcohol consumption.

"In conclusion, the association of AUDIT-c and uEtG improves the detection of alcohol consumption in LTCs and LTRs," the authors write.

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